Happy New Year and welcome to the 225th year of the democratic republic established by the U.S. Constitution. The year 2014 is likely to be a pivotal one.

Voters will elect a new Congress in November, and odds are good today that Republicans will retain their present control of the House of Representatives and regain control of the Senate.

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